Large-crowned hat.



No. 769,558. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904. F. J. MUHLPELD. LARGE GROWNED HAT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented September 6, 1904.

FRANK J. MUHLFELD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LARGE-CROWNED HAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,558, datedSeptember 6, 1904.

Application filed July 2,1904. Serial No. 215,075. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. MUHLFELD, a citizen of the United States,whose residence and post-office address is 1117 Dawson street, boroughof Bronx, city of New York, county of New York, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Large-Crowned Hats,fully described and represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

The present invention provides an improved means of furnishing a broad-brimmed hat with a crown larger than the head of the wearer and withmeans for fitting it to the wearers head to hold it in the desiredposition.

Heretofore where a crown much larger than the head of the wearer hasbeen desired upon such hats the brim of the hat has been formed with anintegral crown or head-band of suitable size to support it upon thehead, and a false crown of the required large size has been madeseparately and fitted over the integral crown and supported to the brimof the hat, thus necessitating the construction of an auxiliary crown ofexpensive material and adapted to harmonize with the style and textureof the brim.

In the present invention I avoid making such an expensive auxiliarycrown by forming the crown of the large size desired integral with thebrim and fitting an auxiliary crownpiece to the interior of the integralcrown and providing such auxiliary crown-piece with an aperture ofsuitable size to fit upon the head and support the entirehat. Suchcrown-piece is formed with a plate or brim of its own extending from thehead opening or aperture to the large crown of the hat to fit snuglywithin the same. The device is not intended to provide ventilation, andtherefore does not require perforations or passages between the headopening and the crown to admit air within the crown. It thus differsfrom the internal head-band or crown-piece which has been employed insun-helmets and which is supported or attached to the crown of thehelmet at a few points only, so that the heat absorbed upon the crownmay not be transmitted to the head-band.

The present invention is not intended to protect the wearer from heat,but to adapt a large, heavy, and ornamental hat for support upon thehead when the crown is made much larger than the head.

The crown-piece may be made of cheap or coarse material and covered withany suitable fabric, which may be made to harmonize with the under sideof the brim by making such covering of the same or a contrasting color.Other desirable effects may be obtained by covering the auxiliarycrown-piece where it is exposed to view with a line fabric, as plush,velvet, 0r lace, which may contrast with the under side of the brim,while it furnishes an additional decoration to the hat. Such auxiliarycrown-pieces may be readily made of pasteboard and provided at themargin with a perpendicular flange to fit within the hat crown, and suchflange may be made to fit with sufficient tightness within the crown tohold the crown-piece detachably in place. The head opening or aperturein the crown-piece which rests upon the head may be flanged upwardly toincrease its stiffness and its bearing-surface upon the head, and alining-piece of silk or other suitable material may be attached to theedges of the aperture and gathered in the middle to conceal the interiorof the large crown. The crown-piece may be made of any material withoutdeparting from the invention.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 shows in perspective the under side ofa wide-brimmcd hat 'with the crown-piece inserted. Fig. 2 shows asimilar view in section at the center line of the crown, with thecrown-piece having a perpendicular flange fitted to the interior of thecrown. Fig. 3 is a section of a hat having the crown-piece made in thefrustum of a cone. Fig. at is a perspective view of such crown-piece.Fig. 5 is a cross-section similar to Fig. 3 witha bell-shaped crown andthe crown-piece flanged at the edge only,

and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of such crownpiece inverted.

a designates the brim of the hat, which may be of any size and pressedinto any desired shape.

6 designates the crown, which may be made with perpendicular sides, asin Fig. 2, of bellshape, as in Fig. 5, or in any other desired shape.

0 designates the plate or body of the crownpiece, (shown in Figs. 1 and2,) with perpendicular flange (Z at its outer edge to fit within thecrown, and an aperture 6, adapted to fit upon the head to support thehat. The edge of such aperture is shown provided with a smallperpendicular flange f to stiffen the edge of the aperture and toincrease the bearing of the crown-piece upon the hair of the wearer.

The crown is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 eccentric to the brim, and theaperture is shown eccentric to the margin of the crown-piece, as that isthe prevailing style; but the crown and aperture, or either of them, maybe made concentric, if desired.

Fig. 3 shows a crown-piece c of flaring shape like the frustum of acone, the larger end of the frustum being proportioned to fit within,the crown b and the smaller end being proportioned to fit upon the headof the wearer.

A gathered lining g is shown in Figs. 2 and 3 attached to the margin ofthe opening and its inner edge drawn closely together to form a liningfor the aperture and conceal the interior of the crown.

Fig. 5 shows a crown Z) of bell-shape and the crown-piece made similarto that shown in Fig. 2, with the flange d at the margin fitted snuglyto the smaller part of the bell-crown, so as to wholly close the inneropening of the crown; but the aperture 6 is unprovided with thestrengthening-flange f.

In Fig. 2 the crown-piece is shown covered upon its outer side with alayer of fabric h, which is also extended inwardly over the flanges (Zand f. Such fabric may be pasted or sewed to the body and flanges of thecrownpiece. If the fabric be made of woven or felted texture, itsfrictional engagement with rious kinds that have been fitted within thecrown of a hat, as the crown-piece in the present construction adaptsthe hat to be manufactured with a crown very much larger than the headupon which it is to be worn.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what is claimedherein is 1. A hat comprising a crown and brim the crown having arelatively large opening, and a separate crown-piece having a flat platewith its outer edge constructed to engage throughout its entireperiphery the interior of the hat-crown and provided with an opening tofit the head of the wearer,'subs'tantiallyf as shown and described.

2. A hat comprising a crown and brim the crown having a relatively largeopening, and a crown-p1ece having an upturned flange on its outer edgeto engage the 1nter1or of the hat-crown and an opening to fit the headof the wearer, substantially as herein set forth. i

3. A hat comprising a crown and'brim the crown having a relatively largeopening, a crown-piece having an upturned flange on its outer edge tofrictionally engage the interior of the hat-crown and an opening to fitthe head of the wearer, substantially as herein shown and described. V

4 A hat comprising a crown andbrim the crown having a relatively largeopening, and

a separate crown-piece having its outer edge constructed to engage theinterior of the hatcrown, and the plate of the crown-piece being setflush with the under side of the hatbrim, substantially as shown anddescribed.

5. A hat comprising a crown and brim the crown having a relatively largeopening, and a crown-piece having an upturned flange on its outer edgeto engage the interior of the hat-crown, and an opening to fit the headof the wearer, the edge of the upturned flange contacting with the topof the crown to support the entire weight of the hat, substantially asshown and described.

6. A hat comprising a crown and brim the crown having a relatively largeopening, a crown-piece having an upturned flange on its outer edge toengage the interior of the hatcrown and an opening to fit the head ofthe wearer, and the plate of the crown-piece being made of coarsematerial and its surface covered with finer material of ornamentalcharacter, substantially as shown and described.

7 A hat comprising a crown and brim, the

crown having a relatively large opening, a i In testimony whereof I havehercuntoset crown-piece having an upturned flange on its my hand in thepresence of two subscribing I0 outer edge to engage the interior of thehat- Witnesses.

crown and an opening to fit the head of the r wearer, and the plate ofthe crown-piece be- FRANIX MUHLFELD' ing finished to contrast with theunder brim WVitnesses:

of the hat, substantially as shown and de- THOMAS S. CRANE, scribed. iF. H. SIMPSON.

